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A white guy, in a suit! Dancing! Or possibly having an aneurysm! Medical science cannot tell! The NYTimes claims this soul brotha is one “David Weprin,” the intrepid New York City Democrat running for Anthony Weiner’s old seat. Can he capture voters’ wang-weary hearts? The race is apparently very close in this once safely blue district! Thanks for absolutely nothing, Anthony Weiner! David Weprin will win them back with his loco techno Macarena. (This adorable video is “opposition research” from 2009 some Republican just posted to YouTube, for freedom.) Viva! [NYTimes/YouTube]

Wait until he gets in good with Obama and his cronies then he will be Dancing with the Czars.

Fare la Volpe

I groaned, then giggled, then fapped.

ShaveTheWhales

Like you don't always do that.

flamingpdog

Or alternatively, Dancing with the Tsars.

horsedreamer_1

Stalinist fascists dance with der Kaiser, I believe.

nounverb911

Who was he dancing with? It looked like he took his dancing lessons from Marcus Bachmannn.

SorosBot

Never mind the dancing, he needs to do something about that mustache to win. The 70s are over, man!

Fare la Volpe

Disco Stu says prove it.

SorosBot

Not only are the 70s over, nostalgia for the 70s is long gone; hell it peaked when I was in college, and I'm old now. Although, with 90s nostalgia due on the 20-year nostalgia cycle, maybe they'll be some nostalgia for nostalgia; like with the video for Wheezer's Buddy Holly featuring clips from Happy Days, nostalgic for a 70s show that was nostalgia for the 50s. Through in the reference to Mary Tyler Moore and that's nostalgia on at least four levels.

And Weiner didn't even do anything. Sadly, I don't think he would have been hounded into resigning if it wasn't for his name and the fact that our media has the maturity level of a twelve-year-old and wouldn't stop making childish puns about the world's mildest sex scandal.

BarackMyWorld

Stop talkin' sense.

Goonemeritus

How can it be close, this is NYC we normally have to open a National Geographic to even see a real Republican.

SorosBot

Can't you find them by walking down to Wall Street?

ShaveTheWhales

But they don't live in the city, amirite?

Goonemeritus

Larchmont or some such if they’ve made their bones, Jersey if they’re posers, Poughkeepsie if they’ve only seen the DVD.

Negropolis

How could you forget Connecticut? Don't forget Connecticut.

But, not even a banker would live on Long Island.

Goonemeritus

When I take Metro North from Grand Central I see these sad folk on their way to Connecticut. I’m even told some of them live there by choice.

AJWjr.

Letterman libel!

Negropolis

Lieberman Libel!

BTW, for such an insanely wealthy state, Connecticut has some pretty shitty cities, no?

The word "funky" is mysteriously missing from this Wonk post as well as all the comments.

Where is everybody tonight? Recovering from last night's jobs-whatever-hangover?

ttommyunger

Why don't these people realize they look like the total rhythmless dorks they are? O.T. My wife's best friend says she never fucked a man unless she danced with him first. This clown would not make it to first base with Dottie, I guarantee.

I must admit I'm in the same camp – If you can't/won't dance, you can't/won't fuck. There is a ray of sunshine however – it does not matter whether the dancing is good. Just do it and see where it gets you. That's the point.

Edit: This clown probably never had a chance with Dottie no matter what the circumstances.

ShaveTheWhales

I'm not gonna watch the video, because I can always look in the mirror if I want to see bad dancing, but I'm gonna register a vote for "dance like there's nobody watching".

I can't jump either, but that didn't stop me from enjoying hoops well into my forties. And I'll still dance if I can find someone foolish enough to accompany me.

Radiotherapy®

I've always heard that about driving too.

ttommyunger

Bad driving is sort of self-regulating; at least at speeds in excess of 50mph.

V572 T-Blow

By the same token, excessive terpsichorial competence in a putatively hetero male is highly suspect.

ttommyunger

Quite true, however Dottie's criteria centered around the presence or absence of rhythm primarily, if not solely; and yes, godammit, you made me go to the Dictionary. Happy?

V572 T-Blow

Learning is a life-long process, regrettably. It’d be so much easier if you could just turn off your brain, like a Republican.

ttommyunger

That would be a comfy feeling, wouldn't it? I guess that's why they usually seem so smug-they are convinced they know everyfuckingthing.

V572 T-Blow

Ever read the book about Pat Tillman — Where Men Win Glory? That was one amazing learning experience for me. Pretty sure you’d feel the same way.

ttommyunger

I could not stand to read it. I am a Ranger (former) and I feel so badly for him, his family and his comrades. I blame Bush, Rummy and McChrystal for his death, the felonious “investigation” and the attempted cover-up. It sickens me to this date.

V572 T-Blow

I understand. There's one beautiful moment in it when Tillman looks around at the flabby, cigarette-smoking losers in his BT platoon, most of whom are one tattoo away from a jail sentence, and writes in his journal that maybe there's a bit more to this “leadership” thingthan just being the toughest guy among a bunch of spoiled NFL players who've never done anything but work out and play football. He was an amazing guy: married his high-school sweetheart, read books, had cats, and knew that he had to do something more with his life than play football.

C'mon, y'all. We are the people who are accepting and tolerant of differences. Okay, this dude couldn't out-dance Speaker Boner. But he's out there, making a fool of himself amongst the Voters of Color, trying to be uninhibited. Give him a break.

This will probably turn into a whole new Wonkette post but here goes anyway:

"We have a strong conservative candidate in Bob Turner who has the opportunity to win a congressional seat in the heart of New York City. He is facing a career politician who will vote in lockstep with Nancy Pelosi in support of Barack Obama's failed economic policies that have added $4 trillion to our national debt in only three years. The Obama Democrats just put $500,000 into the race to defeat Bob Turner and keep this seat in their liberal hands."
-Reince Priebus
Chairman, Republican National Committee

I can't help but burst into laughter whenever I see Reince Priebus' name. I think at this point, the republicans are just fucking with us.

NorthStarSpanx

Don't worry, SarahPAC's forced last-minute $1,000 contribution will make a difference in all causes near and dear to her servant's heart to make a difference for Real American's wanting to take our country back without a title.

Seems she ain't desiring to progress beyond her "potential Presidential candidate" non-title that gets her all those teabagging hard workin dollars.

JackObin

This is nonsense. Let me know when he takes a picture of his dick.

Not_So_Much

Frankly, penis pix might be less disturbing than this…whatever it is…

SexySmurf

What exactly would you call that dance? The Vertical Crawl? The Rock Climber? The Epileptic Seizure?

If he doesn't he's morally weak. Or maybe if he does; it's hard to remember.

Radiotherapy®

Best teabagger rally evah.

Warpde

Ah, hell.
A Weiner by any other name is still a wiener.

No big and the thick does the trick jokes ladies.

mavenmaven

I'm swayed by the woman holding his campaign sign. She definitely has my vote!

Biel_ze_Bubba

Mine too. She was hardly moving, but still out-danced him by a mile.

Negropolis

Why is that moustachioed man high-fiving the air…and can he teach me how to do it?

This is actually worse than Wolf Blitzer being taught how to Dougie at last year's Soul Train Awards. Google it.

Pristine_ODummy

No fucking way! I've suffered enough.

Negropolis

Electronica Libel!

flamingpdog

On behalf of white people everywhere, I have to apologize to Don Cornelius.

Pristine_ODummy

C'mon, pdog, just apologize to ALL people of colour, and we'll pretend like this never happened.

Negropolis

Don Cornelius. My, how the mighty have fallen.

AznMom420

I like the cut of this gentleman's jib. His chaste dancing confirms he's never known another so carnally as to text them his dick, and chances are he's still embarrassed every time he whips it out to pee.

Negropolis

'Tis true, 'tis true. If your congresscritter has skills beyond doing the chicken dance or running man, be very worried. Very, very worried. Actually, be very, very proud that your congresscritter is getting some, and probably anywhere and everywhere in between.